How do I investigate power management problems? What is the Power Management Event Log?
PowerMAN incorporates a powerful power management event logging feature. This can be accessed with the standard Windows event viewer tool Eventvwr.exe. The event log combines relevant power related events together with PowerMAN activity in chronological order. This information can be extremely useful when investigating power management problems or fine tuning settings. There is a summary of the most commonly logged events in the Administrator guide. PowerMAN can be configured to log additional information using the appropriate option under Advanced/Event Logging. The PowerMAN service must be restarted or the computer rebooted for this change to become effective. In Windows Vista / Windows 7 the Power Management event log is located under Applications and Services Logs.
